New York PSC Sets Collaborative Sessions on POR, Other Retail Market Changes

The New York PSC has scheduled for April 8 a collaborative on purchase of receivables, and what modifications must be made to implement the PSC's recent retail market order.

As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com (click here), the PSC's recent retail market order requires ESCO-specific POR discount rates, and also introduces a form of recourse to POR in cases where the customer avoids disconnection by paying only the otherwise applicable default service costs to avoid disconnection rather than the billed competitive supply charges -- in such cases, ESCOs will be billed the difference between these amounts.

Additionally, the PSC scheduled a technical session for April 7 to identify operational changes that must be implemented to effectuate the retail market order, including the directed changes to the Uniform Business Practices.